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Oregon landlord entry laws

How much notice your landlord owes you before coming in, when they may enter without it, and what Oregon law lets you do about it.

Notice required

24 hours

At least 24 hours' actual notice, entry only at reasonable times — and the tenant may deny consent after receiving the notice, by telling the landlord or by attaching a written refusal to the main entrance.

ORS 90.322(1)(f)

When they may enter without notice

Entry is allowed at any time in an emergency, but if the landlord enters in the tenant's absence they must give the tenant actual notice within 24 hours stating the fact and time of entry, the nature of the emergency, and who entered.

What you can do about a violation

Injunctive relief to prevent it recurring, or termination under ORS 90.360(1). In addition the tenant may recover actual damages not less than one week's rent for a week-to-week tenancy, or one month's rent in all other cases.

ORS 90.322(8)

What to do right now

Use the written-refusal right. Oregon expressly lets you defeat a notice by posting a refusal on your main entrance before the landlord arrives.

Put it in writing

We'll write a letter citing ORS 90.322(1)(f), listing each entry with its date and time, and stating what the statute provides. Free to generate and download.

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Other Oregon tenant rights

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How this page was checked

  • Read from the source. Every deadline, cap and penalty here was taken from Oregon's published text — the statute, session law or administrative code itself.
  • No legal-information websites. Commercial summaries were used only to find a provision, never as authority for it. An automated check fails our build if any state we serve cites a secondary source.
  • Locked against drift. The verified figures are pinned by regression tests, so a later edit cannot quietly change a deadline or a penalty.
  • Last verified August 21, 2026. Laws change — confirm the current text before relying on it.

General information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm.

Compare all 51 jurisdictions — notice periods range from 12 hours to 72, and thirteen states have no rule at all.